Merchant, library, historian.
Born at Hartney on 5 September 1903, youngest daughter of Irene Stone Hooper (1862-1946) and William Henry Beck “Harry” Hill, she was educated at the University of Toronto, received a BA degree, and spent 12 years working at the university. She returned to Hartney in 1940, following the death of her father, and took over the family business, a general store.
Active in the community, she was Secretary-Treasurer of the Hartney Figure Skating Club, President of the Hartney Golf Club, Secretary of the Hartney-Cameron Chamber of Commerce, and Librarian of the Hartney-Cameron Library for 30 years. In 1990, she received a YWCA Woman of Distinction Award in recognition of her work as a local historian and librarian.
She died at Souris on 25 February 1996 and was buried in the Griswold Cemetery.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Hill Building / Hart-Cam Museum (310 Poplar Street, Hartney)
Birth registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
The Mere Living: A Biography of the Hartney District by Hazel McDonald Parkinson, 1957. [Manitoba Legislative Library, F5649.H37 Par]
“Regional awards to honor women,” Brandon Sun, 18 April 1990, page 22.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 27 February 1996, page 28.
We thank Lydia Lagloire for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 4 April 2024
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